This book is part of the Analog Circuit Design series and contains the revised contributions of all speakers of the 16th AACD Workshop, which was organized by Jan Sevenhans of AMI Semiconductor and held in Oostende, Belgium on March 27-29, 2007. The book comprises 17 tutorial papers, divided in three chapters, each discussing a very relevant topic in present days analog design.

Sensors, Actuators and Power Drivers for the Automotive and Industrial Environment - Chaired by Herman Casier, AMI Semiconductor Fellow, Belgium

Integrated PA's from Wireline to RF - Chaired by Prof. Michiel Steyaert, Catholic University, Leuven

Very High Frequency Front Ends - Chaired by Prof. Arthur van Roermund, Eindhoven University of Technology

The aim of the AACD workshop is to bring together a group of expert designers to study and discuss new possibilities and future developments in the area of analog circuit design.

The series providesa valuable overview of analog circuit design and related CAD, mainly in the fields of basic analog modules, mixed-signal electronics, AD and DA converters, RF systems and automotive electronics. It is a reference for whoever is engaged in these diciplines and wishes to keep abreast of the latest developments in the field.

Autorentext

Prof. Arthur van Roermund and Prof. Michiel Steyaert have been editing the best papers from the yearly Advances in Analog Circuit Design workshop into a book for the past 5 years. Dr. Herman Casier is new to the editing trio, he brings excellent input from industry

Zusammenfassung

Analog Circuit Design is based on the yearly Advances in Analog Circuit Design workshop. The aim of the workshop is to bring together designers of advanced analogue and RF circuits for the purpose of studying and discussing new possibilities and future developments in this field. Selected topics for AACD 2007 are: (1) Sensors, Actuators and Power Drivers for the Automotive and Industrial Environment (Tue 27 March) - Chaired by Herman Casier, AMI Semiconductor Fellow, Belgium; (2) Integrated PA's from Wireline to RF (Wed 28 March) - Chaired by Prof. Michiel Steyaert, Catholic University, Leuven; (3) Very High Frequency Front Ends (Thu 29 March) - Chaired by Prof. Arthur van Roermund, Eindhoven University of Technology.

Inhalt

Sensors, Actuators and Power Drivers for the Automotive and Industrial Environment.- Heterogeneous Integration of Passive Components for the Realization of RF-System-in-Packages.- The Eye-RIS CMOS Vision System.- An Inductive Position Sensor ASIC.- CMOS Single-Chip Electronic Compass with Microcontroller.- Protection and Diagnosis of Smart Power High-Side Switches in Automotive Applications.- Integrated PA's: from Wireline to RF.- Integrated CMOS Power Amplifiers for Highly Linear Broadband Communication.- Power Combining Techniques for RF and mm-Wave CMOS Power Amplifiers.- Switched RF Transmitters.- High-Speed Serial Wired Interface for Mobile Applications.- High Voltage xDSL Line Drivers in Nanometer Technologies.- VoIP SLIC Open Platform.- Very High Frequency Front Ends.- Systems and Architectures for Very High Frequency Radio Links.- Key Building Blocks for Millimeter-Wave IC Design in Baseline CMOS.- Analog/RF Design Concepts for High-Power Silicon Based mmWave and THz Applications.- SiGe BiCMOS and CMOS Transceiver Blocks for Automotive Radar and Imaging Applications in the 80-160 GHz Range.- A Comparison of CMOS and BiCMOS mm-Wave Receiver Circuits for Applications at 60GHz and Beyond.- Integrated Frontends for Millimeterwave Applications Using III-V Technologies.